The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... his crown , and to what he owes to his faithful people , any longer to keep a publick minister at the court of a sovereign who is not in possession of his own liberty . THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS , & c . & c 6 HINTS , & c .
... his crown , and to what he owes to his faithful people , any longer to keep a publick minister at the court of a sovereign who is not in possession of his own liberty . THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS , & c . & c 6 HINTS , & c .
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... possessed a pension or office under the crown , of six hundred pound English , a year ; for that country , no contemptible provision and this he obtained solely as a man of letters , and on no other title . As to the monied men - whilst ...
... possessed a pension or office under the crown , of six hundred pound English , a year ; for that country , no contemptible provision and this he obtained solely as a man of letters , and on no other title . As to the monied men - whilst ...
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... possession of the mind . Indeed the loose rein held over the people in these provinces , must be considered as one cause of the fa- cility with which they lend themselves to any schemes of in- novation , by inducing them to think ...
... possession of the mind . Indeed the loose rein held over the people in these provinces , must be considered as one cause of the fa- cility with which they lend themselves to any schemes of in- novation , by inducing them to think ...
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... possession of which , by annexing them to a fo- reign interest , had often obliged them to act an arduous part , towards the support of which that foreign interest afforded no proportionable strength . In this very delicate situation of ...
... possession of which , by annexing them to a fo- reign interest , had often obliged them to act an arduous part , towards the support of which that foreign interest afforded no proportionable strength . In this very delicate situation of ...
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... possessed of an income amounting to 100l . sterling yearly ) must discern clearly , that the political and civil power of France is wholly separated from its property of every description ; and of course that neither the landed nor the ...
... possessed of an income amounting to 100l . sterling yearly ) must discern clearly , that the political and civil power of France is wholly separated from its property of every description ; and of course that neither the landed nor the ...
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